2123. Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis


 








Dear Betty,

"Today as yesterday, history and modernity coexist, 
and the Guthrie, amidst mills and bridges, discovers 
its ambition to become a clear historic marker of the 
vitality and inventiveness of theatrical culture in 
Minneapolis." (Jean Nouvel)

Best,
R

2122. Bremen. Die Neue Vahr









Dear Celine,

"We should concentrate our work not only to a 
separated housing problem but housing involved 
in our daily work and all the other functions of the 
city." (Alvar Aalto)

Gratefully,
R

2121. Chek Lap Kok International Airport


 








Dear Victor,

"You can not separate the buildings out of from the
infrastructure of cities and the mobility of transit."
(Norman Foster)

Best regards,
R

2120. Torino. Nuova Chiesa del Redentore


 












Querido Enzo,

"El diseño estructural por lo tanto no anticipa la forma, 
sólo ofrece un sistema de transformaciones y de 
posibilidades ... es la propuesta de una estructura de 
configuraciones posibles" (Leonardo Mosso)

"No formas sino estructuras de formas. El diseño 
estructural dirige la arquitectura" (Leonardo Mosso)

Saludos,
R

2119. Sevilla. Expo'92. Palenque


 












Querida Cristina,

"Las ciudades se asemejarían entonces a inmensas 
acumulaciones de finísima espuma, en la que delicadas 
burbujas transparentes se unirían a otras burbujas 
transparentes, y a su vez contendrían en su interior 
más burbujas y burbujas, que al igual que en la 
espuma se estarían renovando continuamente. 
Uniéndose dos o tres para formar una sola, y una 
dividiéndose en dos o tres, que a su vez…, en un 
proceso sin solución de continuidad." 
(José Miguel de la Prada Poole
La Arquitectura Perecedera de las Pompas de Jabón)

Un abrazo,
R

2118. Sevilla. Expo'92. Pabellón de Hungría


 












Dear Attila,

”It seems to me that contemporary architecture 
wholly misunderstands the situation and the creative 
experimenta­tion by Makovecz and others, which 
have opened up an entirely novel per­spective while 
remaining firmly rooted in tradition.”
(Paolo Porthogesi)

"I take architecture seriously. Architecture is a 
stylistic exercise for me, not a servant subjected to 
global economic trends longing for power…but…a 
means to cherish the divine nature in human soul"
(Imre Makovecz)

Sincerely,
R

2117. San Marino. Borgo Maggiore. Santuario Madonna della Consolazione


 












Dear Carlo,

"The architect must see and know how to see; 
he must know how, under what conditions and with 
what human difficulties his work is accomplished."
(Giovanni Michelucci)

Saluti,
R

2116. Negozio Olivetti in Piazza S. Marco a Venezia.


 


















Dear Aldo,

“An artist must create an optic, a way 
of seeing nature like it's never been 
seen before” (Carlo Scarpa)

Distinti saluti,
R

2115. Design Center. West Hollywood


 












Dear Cesar,

“As far as I know, I am the first and only Black 
woman architect licensed in California. I am not 
proud to be a unique statistic, but embarrassed by 
our system which has caused my dubious 
distinction.” (Norma Merrick Sklarek)

Best regards,
R